AB InBev SA, the largest global brewer, said Wednesday net profit fell to $1.4 billion in the January through March period from $1.8 billion in the same quarter a year earlier.

The company says revenues rose to $10.6 billion from $9.2 billion last year. In the United States its beer sales grew by 2 percent to 27,000 hectoliters, representing about a quarter of global sales.

The company based in Leuven, Belgium, says it expects the World Cup tournament starting in June to provide a boost to its sales in the host country Brazil but also “in many of our markets around the world.”